Adjustable guide for cloth-roll stands



(No Mod ADJUSTABLE GUIDE FOR CLOTH ROLL STANDS. No. 565,315. Patented Aug. 4, 1896.v f

UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

JABEZ WVILKINSON, OF FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO- THE MASON MAOHIN E IVORKS, OF TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

ADJUSTABLE GUIDE FOR CLOTH-ROLL STANDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 565,315, dated August 4, 1896.

Application filed November 29,1895. Serial No. 570,342. (No model.)

' To all whom it may-concern.-

Be it known that I, JABEZ WILKINSON, of Fall River, county of Bristol, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Adjustable Guides for Cloth-Roll Stands, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, isaspecification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

ID This invention has for its object the improvement of that part of a loom which is used for winding the cloth into a roll after it is woven, so that the selvage may be wound evenly, and so that the cloth may not be I 5 soiled or frayed by coming in contact with any of the adjacent parts of the loom. As usually constructed, there is no provision on the loom for guiding the edges of the cloth as it is wound upon the cloth-roll after being woven, and it therefore frequently happens that one edge or selvage as it progresses in its winding gradually works sidewise until it comes in contact with the stand or bearing which supports the cloth-roll. This stand or bearing having been lubricated incommon with the other bearings, it follows that the edge of the cloth contacting therewith is stained by the lubricant, and is also sometimes frayed by the stand or bearing.

My invention has for its object to prevent the damages above mentioned and to insure a perfectly-wound roll.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrative of my invention, Figure l is a fragmentary elevation showing the guide applied to one end of the take-up roll. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of Fig. 1, and Figs. 3 and 4 are similar cross-sections showing the guide in modified form.

In the present embodiment of my invention, A designates the stand of an ordinary loom for supporting one side of the take-up roll B, said stand resting at its base on a cross-beam c of the frame 0 and suitably secured at its opposite end to the breast-beam D. The

take-up roll B is similarly supported at its opposite end. (Not shown.) Adjacent to the take-up roll is the cloth-roll E, loosely mounted above the take-up roll on a suitably- 5o inclined track a, along which it rolls as it increases in size by reason of the cloth wound thereon, as shown by dotted lines.

F designates the cloth-guide,which is shown in the present instance of my invention as consisting of a stiff wire bent in suitable shape so as to be brought adjacent the edge or selvage of the Web of cloth before the same is wound on thecloth-roll E. In Figs. 1 and 2 I have shown this guide as adjustably mounted in a hub a, perforated to receive the same and securely clamped therein in desired adjustment by the set-screw a As the cloth comes from the loom in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 2, it passes over the breast-beam and around the sand-roll or take-u p roll B and is guided in proper aline ment to the cloth-roll E by having its edges brought against the side of the adjacent bent portion of the guide F.

As shown in Fig. 2, Ihave bent around the free end of the cloth-guide F in order to more effectually control and direct the roll of cloth as it increases in size, as shown in dotted lines in said figure.

In Fig. 3 I have shown the cloth-guide as attached at its upper end to the depending portion of the breast-beam. In this case the guide directs the web of cloth at two points in its passage intermediate the breast-beam and the guide-roll.

In Fig. 4 I have shown the guide as bolted to the horizontal portion of the breast-beam.

In the use of my invention the cloth-guide F is adjusted laterally by means of the setscrew a so as to accommodate itself to different widths of webbing, and there are preferably two guides, one at each side of the web. As the cloth approaches its roll the selvage contacts with the adjusted cloth-guide, and this positively insures an accurate wind- 0 ing of the cloth with the successive windings of selvage all lying in the same plane. This not only produces a neater and more compact finished roll, but it absolutely prevents all contact of the cloth with the adjacent bear- 5 ings and stand, so that there is no possibility of the cloth being soiled or frayed out at its edges.

Many changes in form and other details of arrangement may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. I

What I claim is 1. In a loom, a cloth-roll, and the track on which it moves, combined with a stationary c1oth-winding guide arranged adjacent said track and at all times out of the path of movement of the roll thereon, substantially i of movement of thecloth-roll, substantially as described. a i i i 2. In a loom, the combination With clothwinding mechanism, of a transversely-perforated hub or support, a cloth-guide having a laterally-extended portion to enter the perforation in said hub or support, and means to secure said laterally-extended portionand the guide in stationary position in said hub or support, substantially as described.

3. In a loom, the combination with a clothroll track, and a support, of a cloth-Winding guide formed of heavy stiff Wire, with a laterally-extended holding-arm at one end, a middle portion and its opposite end bent about and back along said middle portion to constitute a guiding-arm separated from the middle portion referred to, said guide being fixedly located, permanently out of the path as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of 30 two subscribing Witnesses.

JABEZ WILKINSON.

IVitnesses:

THOMAS MAHON, JOSEPH A. Coornn. 

